Written: July 06, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Craig Cornish
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My path was unkempt, with cracked and bent signs
The once-azure sky turned gray, and my muse faded
Cursed seraphs hovered under lifeless skies, weeping.
In the mahonia mist of nestled truths and lost couplets in periwinkle poetry
I shoved in a cacophonous frenzy, confused—
Vade mecum was fetid with an epiphany of deceit
Silence echoed dread, and each scab was a guess
Iridescent smears of fervent deceit,
and Cupid's canopy engulfed the cetacean sonnets
A mocking wind bade shattering moans,
having learned to flaunt their tethered words
With my russet roots, I'm not a flashy flower,
but, I felt awful pain from distant love acronyms.
What if the cloudburst refrain bears no scars?
Or phosphene verses adorned with blue poppies,
might leave glowing traces on midnight shores?
I walked for miles to find that starting stanza.
Yet, despite such raucous, cataclysmic pain,
An earthquake faltered the stratus sky—
Not all who veer from the path must shatter
Obsessed, some must comply with the jostle of life.
A-ll
G-races
N-ever
E-vade
S-unset,
T-hough
O-ver
R-uins,
R-ays
E-merge
S-ublime
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Agnes Torres)
L-ife
I-s
S-o
S-teady
A-midst
D-istress,
A-iming
N-ot
T-o
E-vade
S-orrow
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Lissa F. Dantes)
A,wake my beauty, raise your single sail
L,et's leave the comfort of your harbor
L,eave behind your worries as well
O,verboard lies the sea of dreams
W,here time can stand forever still
Y,ou say that time has escaped you
O,n route to finding yourself
U,nder a blanket of misery
R,etaining the pain as well
S,ecure your right for passage
O,n the sea that never ends
U,nder your velvet blanket
L,ies the key to the door within
I,nhale the loving aroma
T,hat enchant the dreamer's realm
S,o don't fall victim to the dreamer's hell
F,ind the love you had as a child
R,ewind those forgotten years
E,vade the pain of misery
E,mbrace your life With cheer
D,own the sea of dreams
O,n a boat made from hope's loving grasp
M,emory of your voyage will always be that
R.K.H
10/13/2021
"Life is a gift"
Let's look for it not to be
absent...
Buy property at the plant
Of course it doesn't need to wet...!
Just as someone who plants himself...
even if it's inside
in the garden, it does not bear fruit... !
short fuse person, escape
up close... the fuse
it's over soon and device explodes,
don't stick around...!
hot person actually
calm down, you can warm up...
Me for example, I'm a
little "hot"...
but it's just to warm up
my dear love,
without burning... he, he...!
argue biased,
in no way deserves
answer...
When you neet a biased, send:
VADE RETRO...!
S-top
H-orrible
E-pidemic's
R-abid
I-nfection
L-etting
L-ink's
T-hreat
E-vade
N-ecessary
A-lcohol
Topic: Birthday of Sherill A. Tena (June 18)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
P-ouring rain and cold chill
A-re both nowhere in sight;
L-et the break of new dawn
O-bliterate the dark night.
M-orning light has brought warmth to the lovely day;
A-ll shadows have faded into the nook of blue and grey.
H-aze, clouds, mist, and fog
E-vade the start of sunrise;
R-ays above the horizon
N-ever fail either of your eyes.
A-im to gaze at the skyway,
N-othing can make you moan;
D-ay eleven of October,
E-nter into the sunshine
Z-one.
A-lcohol
L-ets
T-he
H-umankind
E-vade
A-trocious
A-ttack
R-ightfully
A-bating
N-asty
E-pidemic's
L-ink
Topic: Birthday of Althea U. Aranel (June 07)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
S-unlight
A-fter
R-ain
A-bates
M-ist
A-s
Y-ou
R-ightfully
E-vade
G-rime
A-nd
D-irt's
O-bscurity
Topic: Birthday of Sara May Regado (July 20)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-ust disconnect the link,
O-bserve the physical distancing;
E-liminate the close contact,
L-et mask stop the viral thing.
G-o disconnect the link
O-f the pandemic peril;
N-egate the horrible hazard
Z-one of the dreaded devil,
A-llow the dirt to evaporate,
L-et the grime silently sink;
E-vade the human hug,
S-tart to disconnect the link.
Topic: Birthday of Bro. Joel Gonzales (June 03)
K-iller
R-isk
I-mplements
S-ilent
T-error
I-n
L-ethal
L-ink
E-ndorsing
M-ysterious
A-ilment's
R-abid
G-rime
A-s
R-esidents
E-vade
T-he
T-errible
E-pidemic's
G-ruesome
E-eriness
R-ightfully
O-bliterating
N-astiness
I-n
M-enacing
O-utbreak
Topic: Birthday of Kristille Margarette Geronimo (June 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-ask mitigates the attack
A-gainst human environment;
R-esisting the vilest virus,
I-n the assault of
A-ilment.
C-lean mask mitigates the attack,
R-epelling the deadly droplet;
I-nvisible infection is repulsed,
S-o is the ferocious fret.
T-he face mask mitigates the attack,
I-f it is used properly;
N-ew normal negates the unknown,
A-bating the menacing mystery.
C-reated mask mitigates the attack,
A-lleviating the harsh hazard;
R-emain on watch, be vigilant,
B-e always alert, be on guard.
O-nerous outbreak of the disease
N-astily stays on its track;
E-vade the terrible threat,
R-ight mask mitigates the
A-ttack.
Topic: Birthday of Maria Cristina T. Carbonera (June 01)
M-ankind
A-void
Y-ucky
M-ystery
A-s
Y-ou
E-vade
C-oronavirus
L-etting
A-lcohol
R-epulse
I-nfectious
N-astiness
A-nd
L-ink
Topic: Birthday of Maymay A. Eclarinal (May 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-estrictions
A-nd
Q-uarantine
U-ltimately
E-vade
L-ethal
D-isease
A-s
G-uidelines
S-top
I-nfection
Topic: Birthday of Raquel C. Dagsi (May 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
S-poradic disease is here,
I-n invisible illness;
M-outh, nose, eyes, and throat
O-f people avoid
N-astiness.
A-nother sporadic disease
R-abidly lets risk spread;
M-an is in pandemic peril,
I-nfection leaves people dead.
T-ime to wear face mask,
A-gainst flu, cough, and sneeze;
G-et into the safety of home,
E-vade the sporadic disease.
Topic: Birthday of poet Simon Armitage (May 26)
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